Rig Veda 1.176.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 176, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.176
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify)
Devata: Soma (with protective/Indraic thunderbolt imagery; functional overlap in Vedic diction)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य विश्वानि हस्तयोः पञ्च क्षितीनां वसु । स्पाशयस्व यो अस्मध्रुग्दिव्येवाशनिर्जहि ॥
Transliteration
yásya víśvāni hástayoḥ páñca kṣitī́nāṃ vásu | spāśáyasva yó asmádhrug divyéva ā́śanir jahi ||
Translation
He in whose hands are all treasures of the five peoples—make them manifest for us. And whoever strikes against us, smite him like a divine thunderbolt; let the luminous power protect the right work and scatter the assailing darkness.
Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
विश्वानिall
विश्वानि:
कर्म (with implied verb ‘(has/holds)’)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
हस्तयोःin (his) two hands
हस्तयोः:
अधिकारण (location: ‘in the two hands’)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
विशेषण (quantifier)
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-शब्द)
क्षितीनाम्of the (five) peoples/regions
क्षितीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the…’)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिती (प्रातिपदिक; ‘earth/region/people’)
वसुwealth, good
वसु:
कर्म (thing possessed/held)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
स्पाशयस्वwatch out / keep watch
स्पाशयस्व:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Rootस्पाश्/स्पश् (धातु; ‘to spy, observe, watch’)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
अस्मध्रुक्our-harmer, one who injures us
अस्मध्रुक्:
कर्तृ (apposition to यः)
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootअस्मद् + ध्रुच्/ध्रुज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘injuring us’)
दिव्येheavenly
दिव्ये:
अधिकारण (as a qualifier: ‘in/with heavenly…’)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
सम्बन्ध/उपमान (simile marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अशनिःthunderbolt
अशनिः:
कर्तृ (simile: ‘like a thunderbolt’)
TypeNoun
Rootअशनि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thunderbolt’)
जहिstrike down, slay
जहि:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु; ‘to strike, slay’)
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